The Sanskrit term Śaucaka can be transliterated into English as Saucaka or Shaucaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shauchaka.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śaucaka (शौचक).—(?) , nt. or m., message or news of oneself; so context suggests in: kisya dāni so mama tāto na kiṃcit śaucakaṃ preṣayati Mahāvastu iii.258.4; Senart em. śobhanaṃ, but this seems just as incomprehensible (understood as good news ?).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śaucaka (शौचक):—[from śauca] mfn. pure (in a-ś), [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

2) [v.s. ...] n. purity (in a-ś), [Mahābhārata]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Shaucakalpa, Shaucakarman.

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Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)

1.2. Expiatory Rites in Brahmayāmalatantra < [Chapter 2 - Expiatory Rites in Āgamic Literature]

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The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)

Canto XXXV - The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden

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